Damon gets to talk to Akbar about some Iranian history, leaving Iran, building instruments, his company Sol Percussion, and so many other adventures along the way. There are other segments too, like: Happy Birthday, gig alerts, educational spotlight, iconic recording, music news and more!

Ep 231

#231 Akbar Moghaddam-Master Drum and Instrument Builder!

Damon gets to talk to Rob about New Mexico, the Scary Pockets "collective", touring with Kacey, his family, trumpet emojis, and more. There are other segments like: Happy Birthday, gig alerts, educational spotlights, an iconic recording and music news.

Ep 266

#266 Rob Humphreys-Drummer for Kacey Musgraves, Scary Pockets and More!

Damon gets to talk to Steve about growing up in NYC around other legendary musicians, touring adventures, how he got various gigs, leading his own band, starting a record label and much more. There are other segments like: gig alerts, educational spotlight, iconic recording, music news and others.

Ep 268

#268 Steve Kroon-Percussionist for Luther Vandross, Ron Carter, Aretha Franklin & More!

Damon gets to talk to Ji Su about balancing teaching with touring, winning the Avery Fisher Career Grant, South Korea, and other life adventures. There are other segments too!

Ep 298

#298 Ji Su Jung-Percussionist, Solo Artist, Educator and More!

Damon gets to talk to Eric about PASIC, his career adventures, his title, listening, learning and more! There's other segments including: music news, educational spotlights and gig alerts.

Ep 365

#365 Count Eric C. Hughes-Drummer, Educator, Bandleader and More!

Damon gets to talk to Diane about the Leopards, her musical adventures, learning, farming, and much more! There are other segments like gig alerts and music news!

Ep 371

#371 Diane Downs-Founder of the Louisville Leopard Percussionists, Educator & More!

Damon gets to talk to Pete about drum corps, his musical family, his new gig and other musical adventures. There are segments like gig alerts, music news and others as well.

Ep 388

#388 Pete Antunes-Drummer for Tower of Power, Macy Gray, Matthew Morrison and More!

Damon gets to talk to Pei-Ching about her upbringing, the Ju Percussion Group, playing with six mallets, her radio show and much more! There's also segments like gig alerts, music news and others. 

#433 Dr. Pei-Ching Wu-Percussionist, Educator, Author & More!

Damon gets to talk to Mike about drumming, education, work/family balance, the 2012 Olympics, finances, the Young Drummer of the Year Competition and much more! There are also segments like gig alerts, music news and others. 

#438 Mike Dolbear-Drummer, Educator, Motivator and More!

Damon gets to talk to Matthew about Kansas City, Rod Stewart, Social Media, teching, and much more! There's also segments like gig alerts, educational spotlight, music news and others!

#452 Matthew O'Connor-Percussionist for Rod Stewart, Drummer, and More!

Damon gets to talk to Erin about her #PASIC50 presentation with the Percussive Arts Society, shoes, college basketball, xylophone, Scottish drumming, doctorates, grant writing, and much more! There's also segments like music news and others. 

#453 Dr. Erin Walker Bliss-Percussionist, Educator, Non-Profit Director and More!

Damon gets to talk to Liam and Jaden about Trinidad & Tobago, Panama, Steel Pan, their PASIC 50 presentation and much more! There's also segments like gig alerts, music news, and others. 

#456 Liam Teague & Jaden Teague Núñez-TNTeague Steel Pan Duo!

Damon gets to talk to I-Jen about Taiwan, teaching, Pasic 50, Mister Rogers, and so much more. There's also segments like gig alerts, educational spotlights, music news, and others. 

#457 I-Jen Fang-Percussionist, Soloist, Educator, and More!

Damon gets to talk to Donnie about his DMV Academy, his PASIC 50 preview, Go-Go, the Hollywood Bowl and much more! There's also segments like gig alerts, educational spotlights, music news and others. 

#458 Dr. Donnie Johns-Percussionist, Educator and More!

Damon gets to talk to Marcia about her PASIC 50 preview, marimba, psychology, England, dancing, TLC, T-Pain and more! There's also segments like educational spotlights, music news and others. 

#459 Marcia McCants-Percussionist, Educator, Psychologist, and More!

Damon gets to talk to Greg about Florida, his multi-percussion setup, what he will present at PASIC 50, festivals, degrees, and so much more. There's also other segments like educational spotlights and music news. 

#460 Greg Hersey-Percussionist, Educator, and More!

Damon gets to talk to Elizabeth about long Covid, The Diversity Alliance, PASIC 50 (hosted by the Percussive Arts Society) and much more! There's also segments like educational spotlight, music news and others. 

#461 Dr. Elizabeth DeLamater-Percussionist, Educator, Diversity Alliance Chair, and More!

Damon gets to welcome Marcos back to the podcast to talk about various apps you may want to use on your device to navigate through life as a professional musician. There are also some other segments as well. 

#462 App Episode Vol. 2 -With Marcos Torres!

Damon gets to talk to Jason about Scottish drumming, PASIC, being a band member vs. side person, recording and production, synesthesia, and other life adventures. There's also segments like gig alerts, educational spotlights and music news among others. 

#463 Jason McGerr-Drummer for Death Cab For Cutie and More!

Damon gets to talk to Dafnis, Weedie, Keita and Andy at this year's PASIC 50 in the expo hall at the Discussions in Percussion/Drumset Magazine booth. There's also other segments like the educational spotlight and music news. 

#464 PASIC Recap Part 1-Feat. Dafnis Prieto, Weedie Braimah, Keita Ogawa & Andy Akiho!

Damon gets to talk to Ivan, Kassandra, Lenny and Stefon at this year's PASIC 50 in the expo hall at the Discussions in Percussion/Drumset Magazine booth. There's also segments like music news and others.

#465 PASIC Recap Part 2-Feat. Ivan Llanes, Kassandra Kocoshis, Lenny Kumar & Stefon Harris!

Kit Chatham is an internationally recognized percussionist, performer, composer, arranger, and educator.  Kit’s experience in many forms of percussion, including drum set, world percussion, orchestral percussion, and marching percussion, makes him a highly sought after performer & clinician and create a percussive sound that is uniquely his own. 

Kit currently is the Drummer/Percussionist and Assistant Band Leader for Cirque du Soleil’s newest touring show, Kurios, and when not on tour resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kit has enjoyed performing all over the world in front of millions of specators over the years with other Cirque du Soleil productions: Kooza (2013-2014), Zumanity (2012-2013), and Mystere (2013). Before those shows, Kit was the original Percussionist/Drummer for both Cirque du Soleil creations Viva Elvis (2009-2012) and Corteo (2005-2009) where he never missed a single show in over 5000+ shows.

#2 Kit Chatham-Percussionist for Blast! and Cirque du Soleil

Damon and Marcos interview Eguie Castrillo and talk about him growing up in Puerto Rico with other master percussionists, teaching at Berklee and his Latin Big Band. They also shoutout the percussion ensemble Nexus, review a new music reader from Japan, talk music news and answer a listener letter.

Ep 20

#20 Eguie Castrillo-Timbale Great & Percussion Faculty at Berklee College of Music

Damon and Marcos interview Kwame Henry Jones and discuss how he builds the various West African Drums he sells, as well as his group Infinite Roots that performs and educates others in various styles of drumming and dancing from different West African countries. There is more music news, and an iconic recording.

Ep 30

#30 Kwame Henry Jones-West African Percussion Specialist, Educator and West African Drum Builder

This episode, Damon and Marcos sit down and talk to Marc Quiñones about his youth, growing up in the Bronx, playing with everyone in the salsa scene, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Allman Brothers, his influences, what he's practiced, and so much more. There's also an iconic recording, educational spotlight, music news and more!

Ep 50

#50 Marc Quiñones-Percussionist for The Allman Brothers, Willie Colon, Marc Anthony, 8 Y Mas & More!

Damon sits down in Brooklyn with Dani Markham and talks about the Louisville Leopards, TuneYards and Childish Gambino among other things. Damon and Marcos also talk music news, an educational spotlight, an iconic recording, #newbeattuesday and more!

#81 Dani Markham-Percussionist for Childish Gambino, Tune-Yards and More!

Damon gets to interview Scott and talk through his life from piano lessons all the way to getting the gig with Kacey. His beginnings in California to Texas and finally to Nashville and all the adventures in between. Marcos joins Damon to talk about NAMM, some recording sessions, educational spotlights and music news among other tidbits.

Ep 109

#109 Scott Quintana-Drummer for Kacey Musgraves and more!

Damon and Marcos get to interview the great Eddie Montalvo and talk about the many musical adventures in his life as well as what is to come next. There's also educational spotlights, a 94th happy birthday shout-out to Roy Haynes, an iconic recording, music news and more!

Ep 116

#116 Eddie Montalvo-Conguero for Hector Lavoe, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades Y Seis Del Solar and More!

Damon gets to interview Sergeant First Class Julie Angelis-Boehler and talk to her about growing up in Massachusetts, playing in drum corps as well as other adventures in percussion playing. She talks about her duties in the Army band as well as other performance opportunities she gets to do and what's next. Marcos joins and there are gig alerts, educational spotlights, an iconic recording, music news and more!

Ep 133

#133 Julie Angelis-Boehler-SFC, Principal Timpanist of The US Army Band “Pershing's Own" & More!

Damon and Marcos talk to George Sluppick about many of his adventures, playing with legends, life lessons, various percussion instruments, playing pocket, and lots of other shenanigans ensue. There are segments like: product reviews, social soundbyte, an iconic recording, music news and more!

Ep 167

#167 George Sluppick-Drummer for Albert King, Morgan James, JJ Grey & Mofro, Chris Robinson & More!

Damon and Marcos talk to Sammy about his musical adventures, recording sessions, moving across the country, playing in multiple genres and much more. There are other segments like Happy Birthday, gig alerts, social soundbytes, an educational spotlight, product review, an iconic recording and music news.

Ep 207

#207 Sammy Figueroa-Percussionist for Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, David Bowie & Many More!

Damon gets to talk to Nate about Virginia musicians, Drum Corps, being a sideman, beat placement, and lots of other adventures. There are other segments like: Happy Birthday, gig alerts, educational spotlights, taxes, music news and others.

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